Farmers in some communities in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State have called on state government and security agencies in the state to come to their aid following incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen. The farmers alleged that the herdsmen again invaded the Power Line, Ago Oyinbo, and Ala Reserves communities on Friday and Saturday, destroying their farms …

The first female speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Jumoke Akindele Ajulo has delivered her first child at 54. Congratulatory messages have since flooded her social media page in the wake of the news. It was gathered that the speaker gave birth on Saturday. She represented Okitipupa Constituency 1 and was served as Speaker between May 2014 …

The Ondo State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested no fewer than seven persons in connection with the killing of a man, Tope Olorunfemi, in a mob attack in Akure, the state capital. This is just as one of the suspects, Victor Amos is said to have admitted that he hit the deceased’s head with a stone. Olorunfemi, …

The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday said it has arrested two suspects who allegedly stoned a 35-year-old man, Olorunfemi Tope, to death in Akure, the state capital. Tope was killed in a mob attack in the Ijoka Area of Akure on Monday after his Toyota Camry car allegedly crushed two people to death and injured others. The deceased was …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that it arrested nine persons for vote buying. In a statement on Saturday, the commission said the alleged vote buyers were arrested in Osun, Ondo, Borno, Akwa Ibom, and Sokoto States during the presidential and National Assembly elections. “Four vote buyers were arrested by the Osun State Office …